Hologenome analysis of two marine sponges with different microbiomes

Sponges (Porifera) harbor distinct microbial consortia within their mesohyl interior. We herein analysed the hologenomes of Stylissa carteri and Xestospongia testudinaria, which notably differ in their microbiome content. Our analysis revealed that S. carteri has an expanded repertoire of immunologi...

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Published in:BMC genomics 2016-02, Vol.17 (145), p.158-158, Article 158
Main Authors: Ryu, Taewoo, Seridi, Loqmane, Moitinho-Silva, Lucas, Oates, Matthew, Liew, Yi Jin, Mavromatis, Charalampos, Wang, Xiaolei, Haywood, Annika, Lafi, Feras F, Kupresanin, Marija, Sougrat, Rachid, Alzahrani, Majed A, Giles, Emily, Ghosheh, Yanal, Schunter, Celia, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Berumen, Michael L, Gao, Xin, Aranda, Manuel, Foret, Sylvain, Gough, Julian, Voolstra, Christian R, Hentschel, Ute, Ravasi, Timothy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Genome
Genomics
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Microbiota - genetics
Models, Genetic
Molecular mechanics
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Physiological aspects
Porifera - genetics
Porifera - microbiology
Receptors, Scavenger - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sponges
Symbiosis
Transcriptome
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Summary:Sponges (Porifera) harbor distinct microbial consortia within their mesohyl interior. We herein analysed the hologenomes of Stylissa carteri and Xestospongia testudinaria, which notably differ in their microbiome content. Our analysis revealed that S. carteri has an expanded repertoire of immunological domains, specifically Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich (SRCR)-like domains, compared to X. testudinaria. On the microbial side, metatranscriptome analyses revealed an overrepresentation of potential symbiosis-related domains in X. testudinaria. Our findings provide genomic insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying host-symbiont coevolution and may serve as a roadmap for future hologenome analyses.
ISSN:1471-2164
1471-2164
DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-2501-0